British Foreign Secretary and Commonwealth Affairs Minister Alistair Burt says that the British Government has so far not taken a decision with regard to participating in the Commonwealth Summit.

Speaking to our news team the British Foreign Secretary and Commonwealth Affairs Minister said that discussion had been held on the subject with top representatives of the Sri Lankan Government.

The British Foreign Secretary and Commonwealth Affairs Minister toured the North today.

During the tour the British Fore

A SENIOR Sri Lankan government official is suspected by Australian authorities of being personally “complicit” in the people-smuggling trade, directly undermining Canberra’s attempts to stop the surge in asylum-seeker boats.

The Australian can reveal that Australia’s intelligence agencies have identified the official, who has a high profile and is known to be close to President Mahinda Rajapaksa. The agencies believe he is responsible for authorising numerous boats in the past 10 months, fuelling the su

Northern fishermen have prepared to engage in a march covering a 600 kilometer coastal stretch to win their demands.

The Northern fishermen have commenced the march from Mullikulam in Mannar demanding that both countries on the sides of the Palk Starits work towards safeguarding the rights of the fishermen from the two countries and to intervene to protect the marine resources in Sri Lankan waters.

The fishermen have also said that another goal of the march is to protest against the adverse issues faced by the Northe

Seenithamby Premanathan (40 years old) was hacked to death by a group of unknown persons on the 28th between Malikaithivu and Malwattai when he was traveling home after visiting his brother. The incident had taken place in the Samanthurai police area. Premanathan is a father of two children and was an activist who protested against the arbitrary moves of delimitation in the provinces. Therefore, there are suspicions over the motive behind his murder.

The Rajapaksa government is trying to remap the divisional borders within the

Visiting UK Minister Alistair Burt went to the North of the country on the first day of his visit to Sri Lanka, holding a range of meetings and opening a youth project designed to facilitate country-wide reconciliation

Ahead of this year’s Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings (CHOGM), Mr Burt was able to see developments that have occurred in the region since his last visit two years ago, and the work that remains to be done, following thirty years of conflict. He was able to talk to people who had suffered the brut

U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) called for an independent, international investigation into potential war crimes committed by the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE during the civil war in Sri Lanka. In a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Senators said such an investigation is needed because the legitimate concerns of the Sri Lankan people have not been answered by the government.

“The Sri Lankan people deserve better,” Senator Casey said. “Sri Lankans have legitimate c

A demonstration was held in Colombo to protest against amending the constitution of Sri Lanka Animal Products Health Services for 7 years.

The State Veterinary Surgeons Associations, the Veterinary Research Officers Association and the Livestock Officers Association participated in the protest.

Ongoing failure of the Sri Lankan government to deal with reconciliation in post-war environment,  failure to produce any meaningful accountability for crimes committed during and after the civil war, general failure to protect and strengthen human rights and the rule of law are all confirming statement of Prime Minister Harper, if we do not see significant progress in reconciliation, accountability and human rights then the Prime minster will disinclined to attend Commonwealth Heads of Government in Colombo, says Jason Kenney, the

The Divisional Secretary of the Monaragala-Badalkumbura Division was arrested while attempting to solicit a sexual bribe in return for transferring a state property to a business woman, the Bribery and Corruption Commission stated.

 

The Divisional Secretary had requested a sexual bribe from the business woman, a resident of the Badalkumbura-Bittala area, in return for signing over the property to her.

 

The government is planning to spend whopping millions to hire reputed Public Relations agencies, to counter the charges levelled against Sri Lanka by the Western powers, at the upcoming sessions of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva. A team of professionals and several reputed overseas PR agencies, backed by Sri Lanka's missions abroad, will face the challenges posed by the resolution to be brought against Sri Lanka by the United States at the UNHRC sessions, Ceylon Today learns. "Sri Lanka is pretty much